Will Trump Quit?

I see a string of bankruptcies and jilted investors that says otherwise.

 

Now that's funny...

 

Trump won't quit. He's having too much fun tweaking the left.

 

I don't think his ego will allow him to resign; he'd have to be impeached and then the impeachment affirmed by the Senate. If there is indisputable proof of wrongdoing and lying on his part (a distinct possibility given his inability to tell the truth) then I think the senate would vote to remove him. It could get ugly either way.

 

The Left now has Constitutional authority (and the subpoena power) to investigate him and his until they bleed, then investigate them for bleeding. Thanks to rules Republicans themselves put in place two years ago, all the reich-wingers can do about it is impotently sputter. It's about to get a lot less 'fun' for Donnie Two-Scoops. I hope he has Preparation H stocked by the gallon...

 

He has nothing to fear. He's done nothing wrong, unlike Cankles.

 

He projects the exact opposite. Fear and consciousness of guilt ooze off of the man in greasy day-glo waves.

 

The files are in the hands of the FBI. The Democrats will be taking over the House in January, and they will have subpoena power. They can ask Mueller to testify, and Mueller will be more than happy to comply. If Whitaker or Trump plays games with the report, it will be the Democrats who will decide whether the report goes public or not.

Americans will demand the results of the report.

 

That's very funny. Trump acts guilty as he!!.

 

Congress currently has no control over that report or the special council per the federal regulations under which it was created. . The special counsel is appointed by the Attorney General who defines the scope of the inquiry, can authorizes or restrict the use of warrants / subpoena and controls the purse strings Mueller is dependent on. The report is written for the AG, to his specifications, and it is he receives the report and decides who else gets access.

As for the House, they can and will do their own investigation and will undoubtedly subpoena Mueller and the report and that would lead to a constitutional showdown with the executive branch. I am sure that the AG's office will quickly note in their brief that Congress chose themselves not to renew the special prosecutor statute under which they had control over that process and the report. They let it lapse and for one legislative body to now claim the same congressional rights to access via subpoena, that both bodies in effect waived when they let it lapse, may make the sell harder, especially with the Trump Court deciding the matter and the republican Senate refusing to send an amicus brief in support of the House. I don't know how that case sorts itself out.

House can also pass a bill obliging AG to turn over the report but that bill needs to pass the Senate and gain a presidential signature like any other.

I think the best bet may be to challenge Trump's authority to appoint Whittaker as AG over Rosenstein in the first place without Senate confirmation of this guy. In any case this will be a lot harder row to hoe without the active cooperation of an AG who has not recused himself. This will take a lot more time for a report that Whittaker now gets to micromanage.[/QUOTE]​